2023 Summer Internship
Last Updated:Sep 26th, 2022
2023 Summer Internship
Description
Throughout this paid, 8-week Summer Internship, enFocus will provide you with meaningful work responsibilities, social and professional development programming with over 100 interns from across the region, and access to a network of mentors to assist you as you progress in your career. A designated project manager will supervise you on each of your projects, meaning you'll get to learn from at least 2 young professionals throughout the summer--and they'll help you get the experience you're looking for and learn what you hope to learn.
Responsibilities
As a Summer Intern, you'll work with enFocus Fellows and Project Managers to discover, design, and implement innovative solutions for project sponsors. Interns work on at least two projects throughout the summer: one as a lead on a consulting-like innovation project designed to assist a local organization (called a Primary Project), and one as a team member on a group research/entrepreneurship project to support an existing enFocus startup incubation or social impact initiative (called a Secondary Project). Our projects are based on community needs, which means we have a unique offering of opportunities each year.
Each project will require different work activities, though all Summer Interns will be expected to:
- Execute a project management plan for all projects
- Share opportunities and coordinate with various stakeholders, community leaders, and business executives
- Conduct discover activities, such as customer/stakeholder interviews, strategic research, and data collection and analysis
- Conduct design activities, such as program design, business model and/or marketing campaign development, process mapping, technology/software requirements definition, grant-writing, and strategic planning
- Conduct implement activities, such as technology/software implementation, employee training, project/stakeholder management, marketing strategy execution, and data collection/evaluation
- Communicate regular project updates to enFocus staff and sponsors via meetings, email, and well-organized presentations
- Positively represent enFocus through all project engagements and any other enFocus events
Qualifications
What We Look for in a Candidate
- Passion for building better communities through innovation and entrepreneurship in a fast-paced environment
- Comfortability in taking initiative and ownership over project activities/planning, priorities, and recommendations amidst ambiguous situations
- Excellent presentation and strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
- Clear demonstration of leadership experience and/or project management capabilities in work or academic settings
- Ability to provide strategic insights through problem-solving and research
- Adaptability to learn new skills quickly
- Familiarity and/or interest in one or more of the following: business/data analytics, community development, manufacturing, market or production strategy, product development, social impact, supply chain, and/or technology/software implementation
Requirements & Expectations
- Must be a rising junior or rising senior at an undergraduate institution; a current graduate student; or a recent graduate. All majors and degrees are considered
- Minimum 3.0 GPA
- Barring changes with public health guidance, Summer Interns must be available to work full-time in the South Bend-Elkhart region for 8 weeks, with an expected cohort start date of May 30, 2023. We understand that some candidates may not finish their academic years until mid-June, and we will work with these candidates on a case-by-case basis to determine their start dates
- Must be able to use personal or public transportation to travel to the enFocus offices
- enFocus does not provide interns with laptops or other technology; interns must bring their own devices to complete work